Sentences with phrase «called hydrochlorofluorocarbons»

Leaking refrigerants are a major cause of climate change because they predominantly consist of two families of synthetic manmade chemicals called hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)-- both ozone depleting substances and super greenhouse gases (GHGs)-- and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)-- powerful GHGs...

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Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) were initially replaced with hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) and then hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), making HFCs the so - called «grandchildren» of the Montreal Protocol.
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